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Twitter Expands European Business

Peter Kafka in Media on April 3 at 8:29 am PT

Twitter is signaling its intentions to ramp up its European business by posting 17 new job openings for its new office in Dublin, Ireland. Most of the positions are sales-related, and include jobs that cover Spain and the Netherlands, two new territories for the company’s ad products. Twitter has around 900 employees worldwide.

Twitter Grabs Two Googlers for International Advertising Expansion

Kara Swisher in Media on February 22 at 11:07 pm PT

The online communications network goes hunting for talent at search giant.

Ireland Gives Facebook’s International Privacy and Data Protection a Passing Grade

Liz Gannes in Social on December 21, 2011 at 9:36 am PT

The Irish Data Protection Commission today concluded that Facebook has “a positive approach and commitment” to protecting the privacy of its international users.

From U.S. to Germany to China–BoomTown Goes Around the (Digital) World in a Week

Kara Swisher in News on January 21, 2011 at 5:22 pm PT

It’s a big, wide and very digital world out there and that’s why I’m headed around the globe–quite literally–for the next week to see some non-Silicon Valley tech trends and more.

Don't Like to Listen to Music on the Go? Sony Has a Music Subscription Service for You

Peter Kafka in Media on December 22, 2010 at 5:21 am PT

Sony’s “Music Unlimited” is like many other monthly subscription services, except you can’t take it with you. Oh dear.

LivingSocial CEO Has Big Plans Now that Amazon Is in His Back Pocket

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 21, 2010 at 7:07 am PT

Google isn’t hooking up with Groupon, but Amazon has bet $175 million on LivingSocial, Groupon’s social shopping competitor. CEO Tim O’Shaughnessy tells us what he’s going to do with the money.

LivingSocial Gets $175 Million Amazon Investment (Like BoomTown Said)

Kara Swisher in News on December 2, 2010 at 2:59 pm PT

Amazon will invest $175 million in LivingSocial, the No. 2 player in the fast-growing social buying space. BoomTown reported yesterday that the massive investment was in the works. The online retail giant’s big bet on the Washington, D.C.-based start-up comes in the wake of ongoing acquisition talks between Google and Groupon, the category leader in the local deals business.

Amazon Poised to Make a Major Strategic Investment in LivingSocial to Counter Groupoogle (or Goopon?) Threat

Kara Swisher in News on December 1, 2010 at 1:15 pm PT

With the red-hot acquisition dance between Google and Groupon sucking up all the attention, it’s easy once again to ignore the No. 2 player in the fast-growing social buying space–LivingSocial. But not everyone is. According to sources close to the situation, the Washington, D.C.-based company that also focuses on local deals is in advanced talks for a major strategic investment–as high as $150 million–by online retail giant Amazon, at a very hefty valuation of over one billion dollars, to counter a possible Groupoogle challenge.

Okay, It's Not Just Buh-Bye at Yahoo–Here Are Two Hires!

Kara Swisher in News on September 15, 2010 at 3:00 am PT

While it seems BoomTown is all about the who’s-leaving-Yahoo-now posts, it’s not so! Case in point: Here are two folks the Silicon Valley Internet giant has just hired.

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iPhone 4 Hits 17 More Countries Friday

John Paczkowski in News on July 26, 2010 at 5:05 am PT

The iPhone 4’s international roll-out begins in earnest this week. Come Friday, July 30, the device will go on sale in 17 more countries–Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Left off the roll-out roll call, much to the dismay of its citizens, is South Korea, where regulatory issues are reportedly slowing things down. By September, the iPhone 4 should be in stores in 87 countries, making its global roll-out Apple’s fastest ever.